Dear readers, instead of my normal post today, I will share this popular poem from my past blog. I have been busy this week with a different project, but I will return to a normal writing schedule next week.
Thank you for reading, and I hope you enjoy today’s devotional poem. Blessings to you!
You lift me up
in the valley of despair
above shadowy sorrows
downcast discouragement
ground-level grief.
The cicada’s sizzle-hum sings all September, rising high in rippling waves. Ironweed’s melancholy plum brightens alongside showy goldenrod. Monarchs and swallowtails flit between asters and milkweed leaving a legacy of yellow-orange eggs. Jerusalem artichokes reach heavenward winking their bright black eyes in afternoon slanted sunlight. All the world’s gone to seed. Sumac plumes darken to … Read more